Tag: Technology

  • Computers in School: A Letter to Ann Arbor Parents

    “I believe that education which does not occur through forms of life or that are worth living for their own sake, is always a poor substitute for the genuine reality and tends to cramp and to deaden.” -John Dewey Consider the scenario: A salesperson for Skittles makes a case that every student should have a…

  • The End of People Watching

    Airports always used to be a source of entertainment. I remember, as a kid, being excited to see all these interesting strangers going to exotic places: stressed families on a Spring Break trip to Florida, serious business travelers prepping a pitch en route to New York, bachelorettes in cowboy hats drinking their way to Nashville.…

  • DudeGPT

    For my entire life, I’ve shied away from anything that involves building or fixing.  My dad’s dad was a salesman and my dad was too busy spending time with us to care about building or fixing.  I am, without a doubt, one of the least handy people I know.  And not just unhandy; I’m talking…